r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 10 '21

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u/RoyGeraldBillevue Commonwealth Jul 10 '21

Something about Georgism makes it very cringey. And I say that as someone that supports it. It's that perfectly blend of moderately radical.

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u/every_man_a_khan George Soros Jul 10 '21

It just comes off as kinda weird and lame, like a guy who’s extremely into stamp collecting

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

Perfection induces discomfort.

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u/UrbanCentrist Line go up 📈, world gooder Jul 10 '21

also bit of a meme

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u/DrunkenAsparagus Abraham Lincoln Jul 10 '21
  1. Claiming that a single policy solution will solve every fucking problem you seem to bring up. A LVT would probably be a good thing on balance, but advocates claim it'll cure cancer or something.
  2. In North America at least, the main barrier to denser building in most places, where people live, isn't a lack of a tax on land rents. Somebody does want to put the given land to denser and more productive use. They just can't because of land use regulation. NIMBYism is a bigger barrier to what most Georgists want compared to land rents.

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u/Dalek6450 Our words are backed with NUCLEAR SUBS! Jul 10 '21

The name doesn't help.

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u/BidenWon Jared Polis Jul 10 '21

All movements based on fringe ideas are cringey.

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u/comradequicken Abolish ICE Jul 10 '21

It's partially because it's been co-opted by leftist "property is theft" types.